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Antique Orientalist Paintings

About this collection

Orientalist painting is the nineteenth-century European vision of North Africa and the Near East, an art of dazzling light, tiled courtyards, markets and desert horizons that gave the Salon some of its most luminous canvases.

Our Orientalist works range from North African and Near Eastern scenes to portraits in local dress, original antique oils, many of them signed and framed. To explore the movement and its origins, read our guide to Orientalism.

Signed orientalist oil painting of a palm oasis and rocky gorge at sunset, late 19th century, in a gilded wood frame
John Lewis Shonborn, Signed Orientalist Oasis at Sunset, 19th Century Oil on Canvas in Gilded Frame

19th century

Sale price$3,900
Two tigers resting before a dark rock at dusk, mid 19th century French oil on canvas in a gilt frame
Two Tigers in a Landscape, Oil on Canvas, French Romantic School, Mid-19th Century, Gilt Frame

19th century

Sale price$12,000
Camel in wedding trappings with a plumed litter in the desert, signed oil on canvas by Alfred Couverchel
Portrait of a Wedding Camel, Original Oil on Canvas by Alfred Couverchel, Signed, 19th Century

19th century

Sale price$12,000
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From the antique Orientalist oil painting to the desert scene with camels and the market in warm southern light, the 19th century signed oil by a Salon painter carries North Africa into the collector's home, framed and ready to hang.

Every painting ships free from France to the USA and Canada. To choose with a collector's eye, start with our guide to How to Collect Antique Paintings.

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